ELD (2)

Eld, n. [[AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.]] 1. 1. Age; esp., old age.
As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. Spenser. 2. 2. Old times; former days; antiquity.
Astrologers and men of eld. Longfellow.